OK, continuining my theme of advantages of telecommuting, here’s one that will blow you out of the water.

I stumbled across an article on earthtimes.org about traveling telecommuters. These folks have taken the idea of work-at-home one step further. They have moved to other parts of the world - often very beautiful, very low-cost destinations such as Thailand. And this is where they work. They’ve already established themselves and built their career, then they pack up and go wherever they want - sometimes traveling on an ongoing basis. You know that around-the-world trip that so many of us dream of taking but simply don’t have sufficient vacation for it? Well, here’s an answer.

What’s really exciting is that in many cases, people can maintain the incomes they are used to making while living in very low-cost parts of the world. This makes for a great oppportunity for saving money too - to spend on more traveling of course!

The article refers to a fascinating website - http://www.nunomad.com that provides a wealth of information on how to successfully live this nomadic lifestyle on a long-term basis.

The article seems to focus more on entrepreneurs, and independent workers who have a basic set of clients. But who says this can’t be done even for those of you in a corporate environment? Especially at a big company. OK, your timezones change a little and you and your boss/team will have to adjust. But if the company is big enough, perhaps your organization would have some need for someone who is willing to spend 4-6 months at each of their various sites around the world! Perhaps that wouldn’t work in your current job, but if this idea sounds appealing, keep it in the back of your mind for when you’re thinking of a change and looking around in your company at other positions.

So this may be more advanced telecommuting than you were thinking of. Perhaps you’re just trying to telecommute to get a little more time with the kids and save that long drive. But one day, the kids will be grown up and moved out to college. Perhaps then you can spend a couple years traveling around the world, taking your job with you? Hmm - I’ve only got about 17 years until my kids are out of the house - I think I’ll start talking to my husband to start some long-term plans in motion now!

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